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Where does “glābt” come from?

glābt (Latvian) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic gleb-, from Proto-Indo-European gelb(ʰ)-, from Proto-Indo-European gel- — to be cold, to freeze.

glābt (Latvian): to save

Definitions

  1. to save

Ancestry of “glābt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slavicgleb-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeangelb(ʰ)-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeangel-to be cold, to freeze

Words derived from “glābt”

  • glābšana
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gel- →